New York · Private foundation
The Joyce C Stern Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $308k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2025
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $150,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 14
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.6M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations The Joyce C Stern Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 37% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 63% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $116k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 10 | $308k | 20% |
| FY2024 | 14 | $314k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $145k | 40% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $306k | 36% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $312k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $365k | 54% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $96k | 29% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $395k | 44% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc | $225,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Central Fund of Israel | $185,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Met Council Inc | $135,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | $95,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Christopher Reeve Foundation | $75,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Maccabi USA Inc | $49,140 | 3 | 0% |
| Manhattan Soccer Club Inc | $45,000 | 3 | 1% |
| American Museum of Natural History | $45,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Soccer Stars Foundation | $31,500 | 3 | 7% |
| All 4 the Dogs Rescue | $29,520 | 2 | n/a |
Show all 24 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc | $225,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Central Fund of Israel | $185,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Met Council Inc | $135,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | $95,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Christopher Reeve Foundation | $75,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Maccabi USA Inc | $49,140 | 3 | 0% |
| Manhattan Soccer Club Inc | $45,000 | 3 | 1% |
| American Museum of Natural History | $45,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Soccer Stars Foundation | $31,500 | 3 | 7% |
| All 4 the Dogs Rescue | $29,520 | 2 | n/a |
| Culture for One | $20,500 | 2 | 4% |
| Amit Children Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind Inc | $14,500 | 2 | 0% |
| The Asher House | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lymphoma Research Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ramaz School | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| The Jewish Community Center in Manhattan Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Michigan | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Shefa School | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Israel Forever Foundation | $4,000 | 1 | 2% |
| The Beis Inc | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Wags and Walks | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Impactisrael Inc | $2,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Manhattan Jewish Experience Synagogue | $800 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.4M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Joyce C Stern Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Network for Good · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Joyce C Stern Foundation
- How much does The Joyce C Stern Foundation give?
- The Joyce C Stern Foundation reported 10 grants totaling $308,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 14 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Joyce C Stern Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (51%), Civil Rights (8%), International (7%).
- Who are The Joyce C Stern Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc ($225k), Central Fund of Israel ($185k), Met Council Inc ($135k).
- Does The Joyce C Stern Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Joyce C Stern Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Joyce C Stern Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Communal Fund, Jpmorgan Chase Foundation, Network for Good.
- Where is The Joyce C Stern Foundation based?
- The Joyce C Stern Foundation is based in NY.
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